Saturday, September 29, 2007
Jackson Hole Film Festival
I am on my way to Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The goal is to get motivated/inspired by all the great films and new technology--then run home and start working feverishly on my thesis film. That's the plan anyway. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new potential contacts. I have also brought my HDV camera so I am hoping to get off my lazy butt in the mornings and film a few sunrises of the Tetons. Also, I have seen moose almost every festival. I have yet to film any moose for my film, so fingers crossed.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
The real behind the scenes
This slide show is meant as a commentary on what is not seen in nature films. Most nature documetaries reveal the beauty of the natural world, but rarely reveal the truth (the pollution, the deforestation, the power plants etc) just outside the frame. The music is by Coldplay. The song is called The Scientist.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Books I have to finish by January
Bernard, Sheila Curran. Documentary Storytelling for Video and Filmmakers.
Boston: Focal Press, 2004.
Bousé, Derek. Wildlife Films. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.
Burt, Jonathan. Animals in Film. London: Reaktion Books, 2002.
Chris, Cynthia. Watching Wildlife. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press, 2006.
Cronon, William. Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature. N.Y.: W. W. Norton and Co., 1996.
Cunningham, Megan. The Art Of The Documentary: Ten Conversations With Leading Directors, Cinematographers, Editors And Producers, Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2005.
Daston, Lorraine and Gregg Mitman. Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.
Ellis, Jack C. and McLane, Betsy A, A New History of Documentary Film. New York:
Continuum Press, 2005.
Evernden, Neil. The Social Creation of Nature. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.
Haraway, Donna. Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. New York and London: Routledge, 1989. ISBN 0-415-90294-0.
Hess, David J.. Science Studies: An Advanced Introduction. New York and London: New York UP, 1997. ISBN 0-8147-3564-9.
Hockings, Paul, ed. Principles of Visual Antrhopology. New York: Mouton de Guyter, 1995.
Jones, Caroline A. and Peter Galison. Picturing Science, Producing Art. New York and London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0-415-91912-6.
Kuhn, Thomas. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Third Ed. Chicago and London: U of Chicago P, 1996. ISBN 0-226-45808-3.
Latour, Bruno and Steve Woolgar. Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1986. ISBN 0-691-02832-X.
Lippit, Akira Mizuta. Electric Animal: Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife. Minneapolis and London: U of Minnesota P, 2000. ISBN 0-8166-3485-8
Marx, Leo. The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. London: Oxford UP, 1964. ISBN 0-19-500738-7.
Merchant, Carolyn. Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western Culture. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Mitman, Gregg. Reel Nature. Cambridge, MA: University of Harvard Press, 1999.
Nichols, Bill. Representing Reality. Bloomington: U of Indiana Press, 1991.
Rabiger, Michael. Directing the Documentary. 5th Ed. Boston: Focal Press, 2005.
Renov, Michael, ed. Theorizing Documentary. New York: Routledge, 1993.
Rony, Fatimah Tobing. The Third Eye: Race, Cinema, and Ethnographic Spectacle, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996.
Rosenthal, Alan. Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films and Videos. Third Ed. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002.
Sagan, Carl. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. New York: Ballantine, 1996.
Schivelbusch, Wolfgang. The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century. Berkeley and Los Angeles: U of California P, 1986. ISBN 0-520-05929-8.
Simon, Deke and Wiese, Michael. Film & Video Budgets. 3rd Ed. Los Angeles: Michael Wiese Productions, 2001.
Snow, C.P. The Two Cultures. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1998. ISBN 0-521-45730-0.
Tobias, Michael, ed. The Search for Reality: The Art of Documentary Filmmaking.
Los Angeles: Michael Wiese Productions, 1997.
Worth, Sol., and Adair, John.Through Navaho Eyes: An Exploration in Film Communication and Anthropology. 2nd. Ed. Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico, Press, 1997
Boston: Focal Press, 2004.
Bousé, Derek. Wildlife Films. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.
Burt, Jonathan. Animals in Film. London: Reaktion Books, 2002.
Chris, Cynthia. Watching Wildlife. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press, 2006.
Cronon, William. Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature. N.Y.: W. W. Norton and Co., 1996.
Cunningham, Megan. The Art Of The Documentary: Ten Conversations With Leading Directors, Cinematographers, Editors And Producers, Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2005.
Daston, Lorraine and Gregg Mitman. Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.
Ellis, Jack C. and McLane, Betsy A, A New History of Documentary Film. New York:
Continuum Press, 2005.
Evernden, Neil. The Social Creation of Nature. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.
Haraway, Donna. Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. New York and London: Routledge, 1989. ISBN 0-415-90294-0.
Hess, David J.. Science Studies: An Advanced Introduction. New York and London: New York UP, 1997. ISBN 0-8147-3564-9.
Hockings, Paul, ed. Principles of Visual Antrhopology. New York: Mouton de Guyter, 1995.
Jones, Caroline A. and Peter Galison. Picturing Science, Producing Art. New York and London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0-415-91912-6.
Kuhn, Thomas. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Third Ed. Chicago and London: U of Chicago P, 1996. ISBN 0-226-45808-3.
Latour, Bruno and Steve Woolgar. Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1986. ISBN 0-691-02832-X.
Lippit, Akira Mizuta. Electric Animal: Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife. Minneapolis and London: U of Minnesota P, 2000. ISBN 0-8166-3485-8
Marx, Leo. The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. London: Oxford UP, 1964. ISBN 0-19-500738-7.
Merchant, Carolyn. Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western Culture. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Mitman, Gregg. Reel Nature. Cambridge, MA: University of Harvard Press, 1999.
Nichols, Bill. Representing Reality. Bloomington: U of Indiana Press, 1991.
Rabiger, Michael. Directing the Documentary. 5th Ed. Boston: Focal Press, 2005.
Renov, Michael, ed. Theorizing Documentary. New York: Routledge, 1993.
Rony, Fatimah Tobing. The Third Eye: Race, Cinema, and Ethnographic Spectacle, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996.
Rosenthal, Alan. Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films and Videos. Third Ed. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002.
Sagan, Carl. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. New York: Ballantine, 1996.
Schivelbusch, Wolfgang. The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century. Berkeley and Los Angeles: U of California P, 1986. ISBN 0-520-05929-8.
Simon, Deke and Wiese, Michael. Film & Video Budgets. 3rd Ed. Los Angeles: Michael Wiese Productions, 2001.
Snow, C.P. The Two Cultures. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1998. ISBN 0-521-45730-0.
Tobias, Michael, ed. The Search for Reality: The Art of Documentary Filmmaking.
Los Angeles: Michael Wiese Productions, 1997.
Worth, Sol., and Adair, John.Through Navaho Eyes: An Exploration in Film Communication and Anthropology. 2nd. Ed. Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico, Press, 1997
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Green Screen Toy Test
I have made a rudimentary attempt at stop motion animation and green screening toys for my kid's film about animal domestication. I know the chroma key needs a lot of work (not to mention the stop motion is lame). Once I find affordable green screen software, I will make another attempt at toy stop motion with proper lighting and more frames per second.
I just won a fellowship to a Natural History film festival, so next month I am going to the Jackson Hole to get some information and inspiration.
For now, I have borrowed some kid's songs from http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.html to play under my green screen test.
The toys in the film will eventually make the point that cows eat a lot of grass and in turn, carnivores eat a helluvalotta cows!
I just won a fellowship to a Natural History film festival, so next month I am going to the Jackson Hole to get some information and inspiration.
For now, I have borrowed some kid's songs from http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.html to play under my green screen test.
The toys in the film will eventually make the point that cows eat a lot of grass and in turn, carnivores eat a helluvalotta cows!
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